Resettlement Plan October 2017 PAK: Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project Reach 1: Chamkani Mor to Firdous Cinema Prepared by the Planning and Development Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the Asian Development Bank. This is an updated section-wise version for Reach 1 of the draft originally posted in April 2017 available on http://www.adb.org/projects/48289-002/documents. Reach 1 LARP (i) October 2017 This resettlement plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. ii Peshawar Development Authority Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project Land Aquistion and Resettlement Plan For Reach 1 (Chamkani Mor to Firdous Cinema) October 2017 Reach 1 LARP (ii) October 2017 Table of Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 4 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................ 10 1.1 Purpose and Scope of the LARP ................................................................................................... 10 1.2 Limitations of the Report ................................................................................................................ 11 1.3 Resettlement Plan Related Procedures and Conditionalities ......................................................... 11 1.4 Project Alignment and Division of Civil Works Construction Packages .......................................... 12 1.5 Construction Camps and Work Force ............................................................................................ 14 1.6 Project Construction Schedule ....................................................................................................... 14 1.7 Justification and Need for Project .................................................................................................. 15 1.8 Measures to Minimize Resettlement .............................................................................................. 16 2 Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement in Reach 1 (Chamkani Mor to Firdous Cinema) ...................................................................................................................................... 18 2.1 Physical Impacts ............................................................................................................................ 22 2.2 Acquisition of Commercial Land in Zia Market for the Construction of Access Ramp to Eastern Bus Depot ............................................................................................................................................. 22 2.2.1 Livelihood Impacts ........................................................................................................... 23 2.3 Impact on Pedestrian Underpasses and their Markets: ................................................................. 23 2.4 Remodelling and Refurbishment of the Hashtnagri Pedestrian Underpass and Its Market ............ 24 2.4.1 Physical impacts .............................................................................................................. 24 2.4.2 Livelihood impacts ........................................................................................................... 24 2.5 Demolition of Firdous Pedestrian Underpass and Its Market and Replacement with Firdous Pedestrian Bridge .......................................................................................................................... 25 2.5.1 Physical Impacts .............................................................................................................. 25 2.5.2 Livelihood Impacts ........................................................................................................... 25 2.6 Displacement of Vendors ............................................................................................................... 25 2.6.1 Physical Impacts .............................................................................................................. 25 2.6.2 Livelihood Impacts ........................................................................................................... 26 2.7 Demolishment of Two Small Mosques ........................................................................................... 26 2.7.1 Physical impacts .............................................................................................................. 26 2.7.2 Livelihood Impacts ........................................................................................................... 26 2.8 Loss of Parking Spaces within the Right of Way ............................................................................ 27 2.9 Relocation and Rehabilitation of Public Utilities ............................................................................. 27 2.10 Mitigation against Loss of Temporary Access ................................................................................ 28 3 Socio-economic Information and Profile ................................................................................ 29 3.1 Methodology of Census and Socio-economic Survey .................................................................... 29 3.2 Number of Displaced Persons ....................................................................................................... 30 3.3 Household Size and Composition .................................................................................................. 31 3.4 Ages of Members of Affected Households ..................................................................................... 31 3.5 Educational Levels of Members of the Affected Households ......................................................... 32 3.6 Main Livelihoods ............................................................................................................................ 33 3.6.1 Formal Businesses (Zia Market, Firdous and Hashtnagri Pedestrian Underpasses) ....... 33 3.6.2 Street Vendors ................................................................................................................. 35 3.6.2.1 Characteristics and Locations of Street Venders ............................................................. 35 3.6.2.2 Average Daily Sales and Monthly Income ....................................................................... 37 3.6.2.3. Relocation of Informal Vendors ....................................................................................... 37 3.7 Work Force and Employment ........................................................................................................ 38 3.8 Household Income ......................................................................................................................... 40 3.9 Businesses operated by Women along the BRT Corridor .............................................................. 40 3.10 Origin of Displaced Persons .......................................................................................................... 41 3.11 Housing Locations and Ownership ................................................................................................ 41 Reach 1 LARP (iii) October 2017 3.12 Poverty Status ............................................................................................................................... 41 3.13 Vulnerability of Displaced Persons................................................................................................. 42 3.14 Availability of Social Amenities ...................................................................................................... 43 3.15 Gender Analysis............................................................................................................................. 43 4 Public Consultation, Participation and Information Discloser ............................................. 45 4.1 Consultation with Institutional Stakeholders ................................................................................... 45 4.2 Consultations with DPs .................................................................................................................. 50 4.3 Consultations with Female DPs ..................................................................................................... 52 4.4 Disclosure of LARP ........................................................................................................................ 53 4.5 Continued Stakeholders Consultation and Participation during Implementation Stage ................. 54 5 Resettlement Policy and Legal Framework, and Entitlement ............................................... 57 5.1 Policy Framework .......................................................................................................................... 57 5.2 Legal Framework ..........................................................................................................................